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In the year 1989
597 Notable deaths
Ondrej Nepela
Slovak figure skater (1951–1989).
Born January 22nd, 1951 in Bratislava.
Died February 2nd, 1989 at 38 years old in Mannheim (lymphoma, death from AIDS-related complications).
Andreas Hillgruber
German historian (1925-1989).
Born January 18th, 1925 in Węgorzewo.
Died May 8th, 1989 at 64 years old in Cologne (esophageal cancer).
Colin Clark
British economist (1905–1989).
Born November 2nd, 1905 in London.
Died September 4th, 1989 at 83 years old in Brisbane.
Ronald Syme
New zealand born british historian and classicist (1903-1989).
Born March 11th, 1903 in Eltham.
Died September 4th, 1989 at 86 years old in Oxford.
Margarete Buber-Neumann
German writer (1909-1989).
Born October 21st, 1901 in Potsdam.
Died November 6th, 1989 at 88 years old in Frankfurt.
Gōgen Yamaguchi
Japanese karateka (1909-1989).
Born January 20th, 1909 in Shonai.
Died May 20th, 1989 at 80 years old in Tokyo.
Albert Coady Wedemeyer
United states army general (1897-1989).
Died December 17th, 1989 at 92 years old in Virginia. [ref]
Harold Jeffreys
Geophysicist and statistician.
Born April 22nd, 1891 in Fatfield. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1989 at 97 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Marie-Madeleine Fourcade
Leader of the french resistance network "alliance" (1909–1989).
Born November 8th, 1909 in Marseille.
Died July 20th, 1989 at 79 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris.
Nikolai Grinko
Ukrainian soviet actor.
Born May 22nd, 1920 in Kherson. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1989 at 68 years old in Kyiv (leukemia). [ref]
Deaths 221 to 230 of 597
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius